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Asia Pacific Currents

Women in the Middle East uprising

March 5, 2011
| International Women's Day, news from Asia-Pacific and an interview with Melbourne-based Palestinian activist Reem Yunis about the role of women in West Asian uprisings.
Length: 29:43
Fred Wilson

Unions fighting back with direct action -- Madison style

| March 4, 2011
Ariel Troster

Wisconsin rising

| March 3, 2011

University of Toronto General Assembly

Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 4:00pm - 7:00pm

Location

OISE Auditorium, Room G162 (first floor)
252 Bloor St. West
Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 40' 4.854" N, 79° 23' 54.0816" W

On January 19th, hundreds gathered for the inaugural meeting of the University of Toronto General Assembly. The General Assembly embodies our commitment to transforming this University into one that is organized and operated by those who make it what it is.

Migrant Matters

Behind local produce: Temporary work permits leave working-poor migrants open to exploitation

November 29, 2010
| Everyday throughout the growing and harvest seasons, non-citizen people put in day-long exhausting labour so that Canadians can eat at convenience and inexpensively.
Length: 34:58
Fred Wilson

Labour in the streets: Democratic uprising or last stand?

| February 21, 2011
Migrant Matters

Health & safety of migrant workers ignored

September 17, 2010
| Liz speaks to her experiences working under the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program and the hardships endured under it.
Length: 19:39
Asia Pacific Currents

Asia Pacific Currents labour news

February 7, 2011
| Asia Pacific news, current affairs and labour rights stories from Iran, India, Bangladesh and Australia, and Occupational Health and Safety news from South Korea.
Length: 30:37

Intro to Coaching for Transformation

Date: Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 12:00am - Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 4:30pm

Are you:
- Eager for new ways to motivate and empower people?
- Excited about developing the abilities of colleagues, volunteers or clients?
- Passionate about helping people transform their dreams into action?
- Curious about how coaching can awaken potential in yourself and others?

You'll practice:
1) Three levels of listening
2) The art of asking powerful questions
3) Identifying the powerful motivations that underlie feelings
4) Ways to move from being stuck to readiness to act
5) Expanding the view of what is possible and translating desire into action.

You will complete the workshop with the confidence and ability to use these
basic coaching skills in work, personal and community relationships.

The Toronto left in the 1970s

Date: Sunday, January 23, 2011 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Location

Room 8201, OISE
252 Bloor St. West at St. George station
Toronto M5S 1V6
Canada
43° 40' 4.854" N, 79° 23' 54.0816" W

A discussion series for and from the movements. Non-sectarian, anti-imperialist, accessible, original, creative, openly discussed and debated.
Meeting since 2009, we have had sessions on:

• Palestinian Resistance as Indigenous Resistance
• Clara Zetkin and the Twenty-first Century Working Class
• Queer Anti-Capitalism
• José Carlos Mariátegui: Contributions towards Hybrid Marxism
• Reflections on Party, Movement and Class: The Case of the BDS Movement
• Reflections on Race and Class
• Cultural Production

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